Mabch 26, 1908. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



27 



BEAUTIES 



BRIDES AND MAIDS L-;,f'|^ot1^|?fh 



in fair crop and quality getting better 

 each day. There is certainly no cause 

 for complaint in this department. 



for anybody. Rich- 

 mond not flo plentiful, though about enough to fill all orders. Chatenay, 

 Killarney in fair cut ; Perle much sought and commands fair price. 



plentiful and there is every indication of a good 

 supply for Easter, and no doubt quality will be 

 good, as we never saw plants looking better. 



HARRISII 



But better book orders now. 



ALL OTHER STOCK IN SEASON. 



E. H. HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. 



KstabUshed 1878 



Lone Distance Phone Central 17S1 



Current Prices 



BEAUTIES Per doz. 



30to36-lnch $4.00 



24 to 30-inch $2.00 to 3.00 



15to20-inch 1.50to 2.00 



8to 12-inch 75 to 1.00 



Shorts .75 



BOSES (Teas) Per 100 



Bride and Maid $ 5.00 to$ 8.00 



Richmond 6.00to 8.00 



Killarney 6.00 to 8.00 



Perle 4.00to 6.00 



Roses, our selection 3.00 



CARNATIONS, medium 1.50 to 2.00 



fancy 2.00to 3.00 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Violets, double 50 to .75 



single 50to .75 



Harrisii LiUes 12.00 to 15.00 



Oallas lO.OOto 12.00 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Tulips 3.00 



Paper Whites 3.00 



Romans 3.00 



SweetPeas 50to .75 



6BEENS 



Smilax Strings per doz., 1.50 



Asparagus Strings each, .40 to .50 



Asparagrus Bunches " .35 to .50 



Sprengerl Bunches " .35 



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000, 2.00 



Galax, Oreen " 1.00 



Bronze " 1.00 



Boxwood 25c per lb.; 100 lbs.. 15.00 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



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WIETOR BROS. ^Zet:^" Chicago 



No charge for packinf^. 

 AMERICAN BEAUTY— 



Extra Ions stems 



36-inch ttenu 



Prices subject to chang^e without notice 



Per doz. 



HOO 



3.00 



2.50 



2.oa 



1^ 



U5 



IM 



.75 



.50 



Per 100 



$8.00 



good $4.00 to 6.00 



Bridesmaidst fancy 8.00 



" good 4.00 to 6.00 



30-inch stems. 

 24-inch stems. 

 20-inch stems. 

 18-inch stems. 

 15-inch stems . 

 12-inch stems. 

 8-inch stems. 



Brides, fancy 



Kate Mottlton, fancy . 



good $4.00 to 



Richmond, fancy 



" good 4.00to 



Killarney, fancy 8.00 to 



good 4.00 to 



Chatenay, fancy 



good 4.00to 



Uncle John, fancy 



** good 4.00 to 



Perle 4.00 to 



Roses, our selection 3.00 to 



CARNATIONS, fancy 



good 



Per 100 



$ 8.00 



6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 1.50 



111 other itoek at lowest market rates. The aboTO prices are for select stock. Extra select or laferlor stock billed aceordinclr. 



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confidently expect to succeed anywhere; 

 but he will make a great mistake if he 

 allows his previous success to blind him 

 to the fact that a strange country means 

 strange conditions, and that those who 

 have gone before him are, in all prob- 

 ability, able to aid him by a recital of 

 their own mistakes. Whether they will 

 aid him will depend largely upon his 

 own attitude. 



The people of the west speak of a new- 

 comer as a "tenderfoot," and, until 

 he has become acclimated, he will find 

 it politic to assume a meek and lowly 

 demeanor. If he does, he will receive 

 a cordial welcome and find his fellow 

 florists a lot of good fellows ; but if 

 he begins by commenting adversely on 

 what ho sees, and sins still further by 

 predicting the things he proposes to ac- 

 complish, he cannot wonder if the natives 

 stand back and prepare to laugh, when 

 he proves the truth of the adage that 

 "pride goeth before a fall." 



Alost rose growers who come to our 

 climate from the east, come with a feel- 

 ing that the dry air and continual sun- 

 shine are all they need to insure success, 

 and there is no disguising the fact that 



we are free from troubles that are so 

 serious a matter to our eastern brethren 

 during the dark days of winter; but dry 

 air and sunshine are not the only es- 

 sentials. The regions where vegetation 

 grows luxuriantly are regions that have 

 a humid atmosphere and the cloudy days 

 which necessarily come with such an at- 

 mosphere. Many a rose grower has come 

 to Colorado and, scorning advice, has 

 attempted to dry off his roses in the 

 summer for the purpose of starting them 

 up later, as he had been accustomed 

 to do. The drying is easy, but the 

 subsequent starting is a problem. "We 

 frequently carry over roses to the sec- 

 ond, and even the third, year, but we 

 do not attempt to stop them, and we 

 keep them practically in full growth, 

 even if we propose to transfer the bushes 

 from one house to another. 



Supply and Demand in Colorado. 



Just at present in Denver the supply 

 of cut flowers is decidedly in excess of 

 the demand. This is apt to be true with 

 us for a short time in the fall and again 

 in the spring, but during the rest of the 

 year the supply and demand seem pretty 



well balanced. There was a time when 

 a great many roses were shipped to 

 Colorado by eastern growers, but I be- 

 lieve that practically none is shipped in 

 now. 



The people of Colorado, as a class, 

 are what would be termed "good spend- 

 ers," but not in the way that seems to 

 be generally imagined. There are very 

 few instances of the lucky miner with 

 more money than he knows what to do 

 with. They generally buy what they have 

 use for, and are willing to pay a fair 

 price for it, but it is a mistake to sup- 

 pose that they are disposed to throw 

 their money away. On the other hand, 

 what is commonly known as "shopping" 

 or "haggling," for the sake of getting 

 a small reduction in the price, is not 

 much practiced. 



The prices which are obtainable in the 

 Denver market are never as high as the 

 highest prices obtainable in the Chica- 

 go market, especially at Christmas, but 

 prices are more even the year through, 

 and a considerable part of the retail 

 trade is supplied under contract, where 

 the prices are fixed in advance: No pfle 

 has ever made a success of a wholesale 



